BILL NUMBER: ACR 26	CHAPTERED  05/12/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   27
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MAY 12, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 10, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 29, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 19, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 8, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wayne
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner,
Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Brewer, Calderon, Campbell,
Cardenas, Cardoza, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis, Ducheny,
Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Gallegos, Granlund, Havice,
Hertzberg, Honda, Jackson, Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach,
Lempert, Lowenthal, Machado, Maddox, Maldonado, Mazzoni, McClintock,
Migden, Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Pescetti, Reyes,
Romero, Scott, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin,
Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent, Washington, Wesson, Wildman, and
Zettel)

                        MARCH 15, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 26--Relative to California SAFE
KIDS Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 26, Wayne.  California SAFE KIDS Week.
   This measure would declare the week of May 1 through May 8, 1999,
as California SAFE KIDS Week, in support of the activities of the
National SAFE KIDS Campaign during National SAFE KIDS Week, and would
encourage Californians to participate in the state and local
activities planned for the observance of that week.




   WHEREAS, Older Americans are taking a major role in caring for
their grandchildren, with 9 out of 10 grandparents now caring for
their grandchildren during the course of a year, and with four
million grandparents now acting as primary care providers; and
   WHEREAS, Safety practices have changed dramatically since these
grandparents have raised their own children; and
   WHEREAS, The National SAFE KIDS Campaign is launching a
grandparent-focused safety awareness initiative, "Helping Every
Generation Care for Kids," during National SAFE KIDS Week from May 1
through May 8, 1999; and
   WHEREAS, A brochure will be distributed through 60,000
participating retail stores nationwide, and by the Foster Grandparent
program, to help educate grandparents about safety and injury
prevention for children; and
   WHEREAS, A first-ever nationwide survey will gauge grandparents'
knowledge, attitudes, and behavior concerning preventable childhood
injury, and the results of this survey will be released by National
SAFE KIDS Chairman C.  Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.; and
   WHEREAS, During National SAFE KIDS Week, the campaign's state and
local coalitions will host safety fairs and other community events
throughout the country for children, grandparents, parents, and other
caregivers to give families the opportunity to play and learn
together through safety games, interactive displays, and information
booths; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the week of May 1 through May 8, 1999, is
declared California SAFE KIDS Week, in support of the activities of
the National SAFE KIDS Campaign during National SAFE KIDS Week; and
be it further
   Resolved, That Californians are encouraged to participate in the
state and local activities planned for the observance of that week;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
